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Patented Sept. 27, I898. J. A. BROGAN.

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(Application filed June 7, 1898) (No Model.)

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PATENT JAMES A. BROGAN, OF LAWVRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,351, dated September 27, 1898.

Application filed June 7, 1898. Serial No. 682,799. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. BROGAN, of Lawrence, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cuffs and the Like, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention is an improved cud, and has for its object the provision of a cuff or the like not liable to crack at its edges and presenting a novel and ornamental appearance.

The details of my invention will appear more fully in the course of the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, illustrative thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cuff constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 isavertical section thereof, showing the edge folds.

The inner surface a of the cuff A is smooth, and the outer surface a is corrugated by means of a plurality of plaits.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the cuff is made up of a plurality of plies, there being herein shown for convenience of illustration two intermediate or stiffening plies a a an inner ply a being laid thereon and inturned at its edges, as indicated at a a. The outer ply a is inserted at a between the inner ply a and the stiffening a and is thence formed in a series of plaits a a as clearly shown in Fig. 2, stitched by vertical lines of stitches a", thereby providing a series of flutings or plaits extending transversely of the cuff throughout its length.

The several plies mentioned are laid to gether face to face and stitched along their longitudinal edges by rows of stitches a being then turned so as to bring the parts into the position indicated in Fig. 3, where it will be observed that the outer ply a and the stiffening-plies are folded over-at their longitudinal edges,as indicated at a thereby presenting a rounded ornamental edge of some thickness, as is clearly evident, viewing Figs. 1 and 3. The parts folded as thus described are then stitched around by a line of stitches 00 which passes through and through the several thicknesses and follows around all the edges of the cuff.

In use my improved and does not and cannot crack at the edges, as is common in the ordinary cuff, for the reason that my cuff presents a flexible or joint-like edge, and also the major part of the cuff is prevented from readily soiling, because when the cuff is bent only the extreme edges of the successive plaits project from the cuff and serve thereby to shield the remaining material from contact with adjacent objects tending to soil it.

On account of the number of layers of cloth due to the plaiting the cud is given consid erable transverse stiffness, While being perfectly free to bend longitudinally.

I have herein shown the cuif as having a tab 00 at one corner, although it will be understood that it may be of any style desired.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A cuff comprising an inner smooth ply, an outer plaited ply, and one or more interme diate stiffening-pliesflhe plaits of said outer ply extending transversely to the length of the cuff, and the several plies being infolded at their edges, the outer ply and stiffening-plies being infolded together and stitched at the longitudinal edges of the cuff, and the several plies being stitched through and through at their infolded edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. BROGAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. EDWARDS, EMMA J. BENNETT. 

